The SCVarsity.com All-State Football Combine is the top football
combine event in the Southeast and possibly the entire country. Drawing
more than 500 athletes to take part in testing, skills sessions, and
intense one-on-one competitions, this event is second to none of its
kind.

Players will arrive and check in and receive their compression
performance shirt and have their photo made for profile. They will
then begin the measuring/testing phase of the event. This phase that
includes measuring their height and weight, standing long jump, bench
press (reps at 185lbs), pro-agility shuttle, and the 40 yard dash.

Coach Baxter, First I would
like to tell you that we have paid a lot of money that we didn't have
for Chris to attend combines this spring and your showcase today beat
them all by a land slide. Your coach's were more than helpful and it
was worth every penny and then some. In fact, I left wondering why I
didn't have the good sense as a parent to move to SC and if Chris
wasn't going into his senior year of high school I would! Thank you for
allowing us to come and participate.

Parent
Chis Moon from North Carolina

SKILLS SESSION GIVES YOU
FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE
"The performance exercise phase is important," says SCVarsity.com owner
Jim Baxter, "because it allows the athletes to learn something that
will help them when they go back to their towns and begin working on
their own. If you're a quarterback, for instance, you don't have the
same body mechanic requirements that a running back has; if your a wide
receiver, you don't have the same as a defensive back and so on...so
why train the same? You need to learn the exercises that will help you
develop and refine your motor skills for your specific position and
that's what we do here."

ONE ON ONE COMPETITION
After the skills session, comes the part of the combine that all of the
players look forward to - the one-on-one's.

"We bring the kids together to showcase their skills against each
other," said Baxter. "The quarterbacks will throw to receivers who will
be covered by the defensive backs; the running backs and linebackers go
up against each other and it enables us to evaluate them in their reads
and reaction; the offensive linemen and defensive linemen go head to
head, showcasing their blocking skills and rush techniques
respectively. The thing I like best about the one-on-ones is we can
create some very competitive match ups because it is a controlled
environment."

Baxter, who began working combines for Nike many years ago, started
producing the All-State Football Combine nine years ago in an effort
to help players from South Carolina.

"I watched so many kids from the Southeast get into the Nike combines,"
said Baxter, "but logistically, it wasn't realistic to have more than
40 or 50 players from any one state. I felt that the players of our
state deserved a chance to showcase their skills and measurables so I
decided to produce our (South Carolina) own combine for our players.
Our first combine had close to 500 players in attendance and now, we
try to limit the registration to 350-400 players so that we can manage
and instruct in a quality manner; the 2011 event had 540 players and
went very smoothly."

Moore Center for Orthopedics is one of SCVarsity.com's sponsors for the
event and,
according to Baxter, are a vital part of the service.

"Our sponsors, Moore Center for Orthopedics in particular, enable us to
put this
event on at a very low cost to the kids," said Baxter. "The are so
supportive of what we do and they come out and support us with their
training staff as well. What other combine out there is able to run
this many kids through a quality camp, have them in a very nice workout
shirt, get them this kind of exposure and provide training services
such as taping, stretching, injury treatment, and hydration at little
cost to the competitors? No one else. I have to say without Moore
Orthopedics and the coaches who put in their time to help run the
testing, training, and competition phases of this event, we wouldn't be
able to pull it off."

EXPOSUREAs we say, there can only be one
of two reasons the guy that is ranked
in front of you is there: he is either better than you or he got more
exposure. The SCVarsity.com All-State Football Combine is
second to
none at getting exposure for the players. First of all, you have the
benefit of the opportunity to get into the nation's number one football
recruiting database on SCVarsity.com as a member of the
Rivals.com/Yahoosports network. But we also put you in front of
coaches. While Division I and Division III coaches are not allowed to
attend these events by NCAA rules, Division II coaches are. We invite
every Division II school in the country to our events and the coaches
are on hand to evaluate you as a player. In the past three years, we
have
had 62 players leave our event with package offers from Division II
schools and even more players who received offers after the combine
exposure.

Are we guaranteeing you that you will get offers? Absolutely not and if
any company tells you that, they are not being truthful to you. What we
do guarantee is OPPORTUNITY to showcase your talent in front of the
coaches. Much like a job interview, we can get you the interview but
you've got to get the job yourself.